readily

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
11
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈɹɛdɪli/

Definition of readily

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. Without unwillingness or hesitation; showing readiness.
    “The suspect readily answered all questions the police officers asked him.”
See all 2 definitions

adv

  1. Without unwillingness or hesitation; showing readiness.
    “The suspect readily answered all questions the police officers asked him.”
  2. Without impediment, easily.
    “readily available; readily achievable”
    “Cantharidin, although readily decomposed by chemical agents, is so permanent in the body that it has been detected in the corpse of a cat eighty-four days after death.”
    “Light does not pass through water nearly as readily as it passes through air, and in order to function efficiently, an animal that lives in the water must rely on other senses in addition to light.”
    “Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Middle English redily, rediliche. By surface analysis, read(i) + -ly.

Anagrams of readily

1 play · some not in Scrabble

Words you can make from readily

164 playable · top: ARIDLY (10 pts)

Best play aridly 10 points

6-letter words

11 words

5-letter words

39 words

4-letter words

57 words

3-letter words

39 words

2-letter words

17 words

Find your best play with readily

See every word you can make from a set of letters that includes readily, or browse word lists you can mine for high-scoring plays.